The BEST episodes of Bizarre Foods America
Every episode of Bizarre Foods America ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Bizarre Foods America!
The continuation of "Bizarre Foods'' finds Andrew Zimmern keeping his passport at home, as the chef and writer embarks on a culinary exploration of the great U, S of A. From traditional foods passed down through generations to modern eats whose roots are purely American, the United States is home to a smorgasbord of bizarre foods and equally extraordinary stories associated with them. So who best to taste and tell than Andrew, the man who lives by the motto "If it looks good, eat it''? The cultural cuisine master has done plenty of that throughout the history of "Bizarre Foods,'' with the "America'' incarnation including a celebration of the series' 100th episode.
#1 - Pittsburgh: Catfish & Kiska
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/11/2013
Andrew Zimmern finds that Pittsburgh has a knack for blending old and new food traditions, like old world favorites such as stuffed cabbage and braunschweiger to cutting-edge goat heart tartare.
#2 - Toronto: Horse Heart & Flipper Pie
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/25/2013
Andrew Zimmern finds that Toronto is a melting pot of edgy eats. From horse heart salami and seal flipper pie to pig's ear and cuttlefish, Andrew discovers that amazing dishes from around the world can be found right in Toronto!
#8 - The Blues Trail
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/20/2012
Take a road trip down the Blues Trail, and stop along the way to take in the music and the food that make up the unique flavor of the Mississippi Delta, from Memphis, TN to Jackson, MS. Andrew samples Southern standbys and riffs on old favorites, like "redneck ramen" made with noodles and pigs ears.
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#10 - Twin Cities
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/23/2012
Host Andrew Zimmern begins his exploration of America's most unusual foods in Minnesota's Twin Cities. Featured eats include deep-fried snapping turtle; an elk-and-wild-rice hot dish; brined-and-breaded duck testicles; and "meat glue."
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#12 - Lima, Peru: Frog Shakes & Fish Sperm
Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/5/2014
Some frog smoothies, giant Amazonian snails and fried guinea pig are among the delicacies Andrew samples in Lima, Peru.
#13 - New Jersey: Pigs Blood & Paprikash
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/4/2013
Andrew Zimmern finds out that some amazing things are growing in America's Garden State. From Filipino favorites to an iconic local breakfast meat and a new breed of oyster, New Jersey is home to some surprising flavors.
#14 - Cleveland: Pighead & Perch
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/2/2013
Andrew shares his Cleveland culinary discoveries. Included: pig head; and popcorn shoots.
#15 - NYC Overnight: Bizarre at All Hours
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/9/2013
Andrew pulls an all-nighter in New York City, where he eats goat brains at a hangout for cabdrivers and slurps blood clams at a fish market at 4 am.
#16 - Nashville: Crane Meat & Pigeon Feet
Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/7/2014
Andrew Zimmern visits Nashville, where he gets a taste of the city's most iconic foods. From classics like hot chicken and dry ribs to grilled Sandhill crane, Andrew finds flavors both old and new in Music City USA.
#20 - Charleston
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/5/2012
Andrew Zimmern checks out the food scene of Charleston, S.C. He gets a taste of wood-coal barbecue in the Lowcountry; samples chitterlings at a soul-food restaurant; and attends a family dinner, where sautéed chicken feet are served.
#21 - Birmingham: The New South
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/29/2013
There's more to Birmingham, AL, than barbecue and bread pudding. Here, Andrew discovers surprising Southern fare like bullfrog hearts with pea shoots and Greek grits that will make you slap your mama.
#22 - Northern California
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/15/2013
Andrew Zimmern visits Northern California where people are reinventing sustainable living, like hunting doves, to developing strange new flavors for jelly beans, to training sheep to eat weeds at local vineyards, people in this part of the country have a unique way of looking at how to get the food they eat.
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#24 - Austin
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/13/2012
There's a rich mix of tradition and innovation in Austin! From roasted pigeons (with the heads still on!) to grits mixed with duck innards, plus scrambled pig brains and bloody marys made with real pig blood, Andrew explores the foods that "Keep Austin Weird."
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#25 - Houston: Blast & Cast
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/2/2013
Global culture and Texas tradition create bold flavors in Houston, where Andrew eats steer head at a tailgate party, duck organs in dirty rice from a "blast and cast" and goat in the Gandhi District.